“Did you finish the report?”. – :Yes, but I wish I had known _________ .”




A.how hard would it be
B.how hard it would be
C.how would it be hard
D.how would it be

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Despite his early retirement, he found no peace in life.




A.He found no peace in life because he retired early.
B.Early as he retired, he found no peace in life.
C.His early retirement has brought him peace in life.
D.Athough he retired early, but he found no peace in life.

Task 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Internet is the most important (26)______ of the new age media. The discovery of Internet can be called the biggest invention in mass media. In the earlier days, news used to (27)______ people only with the morning newspaper. But today, live updates reach us simultaneously as the events unfold. For example, the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William was watched live on the Internet (28)______ millions of people around the world. It’s inspired interaction and connectivity through its social networking medium. Internet has a plethora of websites (29)______ to various people, companies, brands, causes, activities, etc. The most significant utility of these websites is for providing information, search engines, downloads through libraries, and interaction through the (30)______ networking sites. Because of these websites, carrying out e-commerce transactions has also become easy.
(29)




A.similar
B.addicted
C.devoted
D.dedicated

Task 7. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
She simply took it for granted that the check was good and did not ask him any questions about it.




A.look it over
B.accepted it without investigation
C.objected to it
D.permitted it

______(34)




A.nor
B.as
C.or
D.like

Task 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ messaging helps me exchange written messages with my friends very quickly.




A.Text
B.Instant
C.Fast
D.Quick

Task 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.




A.promote
B.entire
C.create
D.damage

Don't worry . Give Anna my best wishings if you ever do get hold of her telephone number.




A.worry
B.wishings
C.hold of
D.telephone number

The weather was bad, ______we postponed our trip.




A.so
B.but
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Nobody at all came to the meeting.




A.Only a few people came to the meeting.
B.Not a single person came to the meeting
C.There was almost nobody at the meeting
D.Not many people came to the meeting.